Rope-clip.



w By

0. M. MOCKBEE.

ROPE GLIP.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.9, 1907.

905,556. Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES M. MOCKBEE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

ROPE-CLIP.

Spediication of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1903.

Application filed December 9,1907. Serial No. 405,733.

The objectof my invention is a clip in which the U-bolt will not cut the ro e and which is of a form that may be handled by the workmen readily in applying it to ropes, and which may, likewise, be manufactured readily. This object is attained by the means described in the specification and in which, V

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rope with a loop therein upon which two clips illustrated in,\the accompanying drawings,

embodying my invention have been a plied; I Fig. 2 is a erspective view of a U-bo t and Fig. 3 is a shoe embo ying my invention. detail view of the shoe in perspective. 7

, Block, H, is of ordinary construction and is'perforated in the usual manner to hes the ends, I), b, of the U-bolt, B- U-bolt, upon the interior of its bend, b, has secured to it a shoe, C. Shoe, 0, consists of a block of a width equal to the distance between the legs of the U-bolt, the said blockhaving upon its underside a transverse'groove, c, curved to conform to the peripher of the'rope, and

having upon its upper ace a longitudinal,

oove, c, to fit the inner bend of the U-bolt.

pon each side ofsaidblock is an unwardlv 'to this matter.

projecting prong, 0, 0 respectively, the prongs being staggered with each other,so

that when bent down u on the bolt their ustrated in Fig. 2

ends lie side by side, as

The U-bolt and the shoe are assembled before they are put on the market. To do so, it is simply necessary to slip the shoe upward bletween the legs of the bolt and then to bend t e In p acing a clip provided with my improved U-bolt upon a wire rope, it is seen that the prongs, c 0 over the curve in the bolt.

workman-has no more parts to handle. than he would have were-the U-bolt without any shoe. The shoe, likewise, being of .a width equal to the distance between the legs, it is seen that the rope fits naturally into the groove in the underside of the shoe without any attention being given by the workmen The shoe being firmly held to the bolt, there is no liability of its becoming lost, so that even with a careless workman, each bolt is sjupplied with a shoe, when placed upon a rope In use, the shoe provides a broad surface over which. the pressure from the U-bolt is distributed. As a consequence, the wires of the rope are not cut by the bolt and at the same time the holding capacity of the clip is increased.

WhatI claim is: The combination of a U-bolt, a shoe "formed separately from the U-bolt and havin u wardl ro'ectin ron s which are biit ver this b end of tl i e olt i0 secure the shoe within the bend of the bolt. CHARLES M. MOCKBEE. Witnesses: Y

WALTER F. MURRAY, AGNES MGCOBMAOK. 

